Canon Powershot Sx620 Digital Camera W/25x Optical Zoom Review

Introduction

The Catechism PowerShot SX620 HS features a new 25x optically stabilised lens giving a 35mm-equivalent focal length of 25-625mm and slightly faster maximum apertures at either terminate of the range.

Otherwise, the Canon PowerShot SX620 HS offers the same 20.ii-megapixel back-illuminated CMOS sensor, DIGIC iv+ processor, continuous shooting speed of 2.5fps, 3-inch 922,000-dot LCD monitor, Wi-Fi connectivity with NFC pairing and Total HD video recording as its predecessor, the SX610 HS.

The Canon PowerShot SX620 HS is available in red, blackness and white and retails for $249.99 / £219.99.

Ease of Employ

The Canon PowerShot SX620 HS is substantially almost exactly the aforementioned equally its predecessor, the SX610 HS, with the biggest change being a longer zoom lens that'due south always and so slightly faster in terms of maximum apertures at both ends of the range.

It'south also slightly smaller and a whole 9 grams lighter than the previous model (!), battery life has increased slightly to 295 shots, the various buttons and controls are even more tiny, and there'southward a slightly larger curved handgrip on the front.

Otherwise, very little has inverse since 2015'due south SX610 camera, and then nigh all of the comments that we made well-nigh the SX610 apply equally to the SX620.

The PowerShot SX620 HS has a big front finger ridge and a more generously-sized rear pollex rest which assist brand it sit down more securely in the mitt.

This is partly helped by the Canon PowerShot SX620 HS's relatively chunky dimensions, measuring 96.nine 10 56.9 x 27.ix mm and weighing 182g set-to-shoot complete with bombardment and retentiveness card.

Front end of the Canon PowerShot SX620 HS

The Catechism SX620 has the same 3-inch LCD screen with 922,000-dots as the SX610, and viewing angles and color accuracy are still top notch. There'due south plenty brightness to cope with about environments, and though you'll struggle when shooting nether very brilliant sunlight, such weather will overpower most compact camera monitors.

Sadly, the screen still isn't touch on-sensitive, which volition likely confuse and/or infuriate one of this camera'southward main target customers, smartphone-users.

Build quality remains high, with premium plastics accented with tactile metal details. There's also a metal tripod mount – a rare luxury at this toll indicate – and yous can choose from black, red and white case colours.

Once over again the SX620'south command layout remains the aforementioned as the old model. If y'all're unfamiliar with recent Canon PowerShot compacts, the almost puzzling control will probably be the switch to the right of the thumb rest on the rear.

At offset glance this appears to toggle between single-frame, burst shooting and video modes, merely that's not actually the case. The lower position of the three is where y'all'll want to starting time, equally this is the camera'due south default 'Smart Auto' shooting mode. In this setting the SX620 HS automatically detects the scene you're focussing on and adjusts shooting settings appropriately.

Rear of the Canon PowerShot SX620 HS

If you lot'd prefer to take command of things similar ISO sensitivity and white balance, you tin by pressing the 'FUNC. Fix' button in the middle of the d-pad below and choosing the Program Machine mode from the quick setting menu that pops up.

This menu also contains the diverse scene modes which can exist manually selected when photographing tricky subjects similar fireworks, night-time or snow scenes. You lot'll also observe the camera's 6 filter effects here.

This express filter selection may seem a fleck stingy when compared to the 10+ styles that some rival cameras contain, but the Canon PowerShot SX620 HS can spice up your shots in other ways. By flicking the mode selector up to the middle position, you tin can have some fun with Canon's Artistic Shot mode.

This characteristic is included with many Canon compact cameras and instantly captures i standard shot plus an extra 5 variations of it, each with a unlike filter effect and ingather practical. It's a useful feature when you lot want to become creative but don't fancy wasting fourth dimension hunting through menus to manually apply unlike filters.

The top option on the mode switch selects the camera's Hybrid Auto mode, whereby 2-4 seconds of video is captured before each still epitome and later combined into a 720p digest movie chronicling your day.

Top of the Canon PowerShot SX620 HS

Another smashing feature with the Canon PowerShot SX620 HS is Auto Zoom, activated by pressing the directional dial on the rear console upward. Now when the camera detects a face up, it'll automatically zoom in and out to keep information technology framed and at a constant size, whether he or she moves to or from the camera. It'southward a clever feature that as well works when multiple faces are detected, though y'all'll need your subject to face the photographic camera straight for best results.

The camera's Wi-Fi connectivity remains unchanged from the SX610 HS, utilising the same companion Canon Camera Connect mobile app. Past pushing the connectedness button at the lesser of the rear console, the SX620 HS starts broadcasting a wireless hotspot that's visible to nearby mobile devices.

But connect as you would with any other Wi-Fi network, open the Canon app on your smartphone or tablet and y'all tin operate the SX620 HS remotely and download photos from information technology. If that seems like likewise much problem, and you take an NFC-enabled smart device, then yous can too tap it confronting the camera to create a connection.

Once continued, a total resolution shot takes effectually v seconds to transfer, and apart from some slight lag when operating the zoom controls, remote shooting is slick and effective.

The Wi-Fi arrangement also enables you lot to use your smart device to tag the SX620 HS'due south images with GPS coordinates. This is less convenient than a proper built-in GPS system as you need to sync the photographic camera to your smartphone and rely on the accompanying app, just at least this method doesn't drain the photographic camera'southward battery like conventional GPS.

The Catechism PowerShot SX620 HS In-hand

The Canon SX620 HS uses a higher-capacity 1250mAh rechargeable Li-ion ability pack than its predecessor, which in practice means that the Catechism PowerShot SX620 HS's battery life has gone up from 270 to 295 shots-per-accuse, at least co-ordinate to the official CIPA rating.

The bombardment life can also be eked out to 405 shots past activating Canon's Eco manner, which conserves ability past dimming the display after just a couple of 2d's inactivity, and turning information technology off altogether shortly afterwards.

Pressing any button will restore life instantly. The upshot is rather like a start/stop system on a modern car and doesn't seem to have any downsides, providing you don't take to await more than a few seconds betwixt composing and shooting your photo.

When information technology comes to start snapping, the Canon PowerShot SX620 HS fires upwards and shoots in 1.8 seconds. That's a tad slower than some cameras, as the lens isn't particularly quick to extend.

Fortunately the camera's autofocus system doesn't waste product much time as it focuses pretty much instantly in good light and only requires around half a second to find its mark in dimmer conditions.

Image Quality

All of the sample images in this review were taken using the 20 megapixel SuperFine JPEG setting, which gives an average image size of around 8Mb.

Noise

The Canon PowerShot SX620 HS has a sensitivity range of ISO lxxx to ISO 3200 bachelor at full resolution.

ISO 100 (100% Crop)	ISO 200 (100% Crop)


ISO 400 (100% Crop)	ISO 800 (100% Crop)


ISO 1600 (100% Ingather)	ISO 3200 (100% Crop)

Focal Range

The camera'south 25x optical zoom lens gives you a focal range of 25-625mm (in 35mm-camera terms). Canon'south ZoomPlus characteristic can double this to 50x without considerable detail loss, whilst an additional 2x conventional digital zoom will requite a combined maximum 100x reach, admitting at the expense of image quality.

Chromatic Aberrations

The Canon PowerShot SX620 HS handled chromatic aberrations adequately well during the review, with purple and green fringing present around the edges of objects in high-dissimilarity situations, as shown in the examples beneath.

Chromatic Aberrations i (100% Crop)	Chromatic Aberrations 2 (100% Crop)

Sharpening

We plant that the Canon PowerShot SX620 HS images are already very sharp, merely practise benefit from a little touch up in post processing.

Original (100% Crop)	Sharpened (100% Crop)

File Quality

The SX620 HS has two JPEG compression options: Fine, where shots eat 4-6MB of car infinite, and Superfine, resulting in 7-9MB images.

SuperFine (viii.19Mb) (100% Crop)	Fine (four.98Mb) (100% Crop)

Macro

A 1cm minimum wide-bending focusing distance allows you to get really close to your subject.

Wink

The SX620 HS uses a popular-up style flash which needs to be manually ejected. However, this does at to the lowest degree mean that you lot won't accept to worry well-nigh the flash firing when you're non expecting it.

Shooting a white target from a distance of 1.5 metres at ISO 80 reveals some noticeable wide-angle vignetting. There's likewise a hint of cherry-eye visible when ruby-red-eye reduction is disabled, but enable the organisation via the main carte and reddish-eye is successfully avoided.

Flash Off - Wide Angle (25mm)	Flash On - Wide Angle (25mm)


Flash Off - Telephoto (625mm)	Flash On - Telephoto (625mm)

And hither are some portrait shots.

Epitome Stabilisation

Canon's lens-shift image stabilisation organization does a good job of compensating for camera milk shake. This image required a slow i/half-dozen-2d shutter speed at ISO 80, merely the photo is still adequately abrupt when IS is enabled. Turn it off and there's no chance of avoiding considerable blur at the aforementioned settings.

Special Furnishings

Six filter furnishings are selectable from the photographic camera's 'FUNC.SET' menu. These are: Fish-eye, Miniature, Toy Camera, Monochrome, Super Vivid, and Affiche Consequence. All are previewed live and recorded at total resolution.

Fisheye	Miniature


Monochrome	Super Vivid


Poster Outcome	Toy Camera

Sample Images

This is a selection of sample images from the Canon PowerShot SX620 HS camera, which were all taken using the twenty megapixel SuperFine JPEG setting. The thumbnails below link to the total-sized versions, which have non been contradistinct in any fashion.

Sample Movie & Video

This is a sample pic at the quality setting of 1920x1080 at thirty frames per second. Please note that this fourteen second moving-picture show is 55.9Mb in size.

Production Images

Front of the Canon PowerShot SX620 HS

Front of the Canon PowerShot SX620 HS / Wink Raised

Side of the Catechism PowerShot SX620 HS

Side of the Canon PowerShot SX620 HS

Rear of the Canon PowerShot SX620 HS

Rear of the Canon PowerShot SX620 HS / Image Displayed

Rear of the Catechism PowerShot SX620 HS / Primary Menu

Elevation of the Canon PowerShot SX620 HS

Bottom of the Canon PowerShot SX620 HS

Side of the Canon PowerShot SX620 HS

Front of the Canon PowerShot SX620 HS

Memory Card Slot / Battery Compartment

Conclusion

The Catechism PowerShot SX620 HS is a decent enough digital camera, just one that is starting to look and feel its age, thanks in no modest part to Canon's determination to essentially leave information technology unchanged since 2015'due south SX610 version.

The biggest and virtually only upgrade is a longer 25x zoom lens, upwardly from the SX610's 18x optic, but as nosotros criticised the SX610 in our review for not having a longer lens, Canon are still playing take hold of-upward.

That's quite autonomously from that fact that the marketplace for this kind of camera has shrunk so much that we'd be surprised to see an SX630 HS any-time shortly - despite offering better image quality and a longer zoom, nigh would-exist users of the SX620 HS are happy enough with their smart-phones, especially when they find out that the SX620 HS doesn't have a touchscreen brandish and proves laboriously difficult to share photos.

In summary, the Canon PowerShot SX620 HS is a perfectly good example of what has become a dying breed, a situation not helped by the manufacturer's decision to essentially abandon this sector of the market and chase bigger margins, rather than bigger volumes.

Which is a shame, as despite not really been improved in the concluding couple of years, the Canon PowerShot SX620 HS remains a perfectly good camera that withal wipes the floor with virtually smartphones in terms of prototype quality...

Ratings (out of 5)
Design	four.5
Features	iv
Ease-of-use	4
Image quality	three.5
Value for coin	3.5

Master Rivals

Listed below are some of the rivals of the Catechism PowerShot SX620 HS.

The Catechism PowerShot SX610 HS is a new travel-zoom camera with an 18x zoom lens. The Canon SX610 offers 20 megapixels, a high-resolution 3-inch LCD screen, built-in wi-fi and NFC connectivity, and 1080p HD movies. Read our in-depth Canon PowerShot SX610 HS review...

The Nikon Coolpix A900 is a new travel-zoom compact photographic camera with a 35x zoom lens. Retailing for effectually $399 / £369, the 20 megapixel Nikon A900 comes complete with built-in wi-fi connectivity, a iii-inch tilting screen and 4K UHD movie recording. Read our Nikon Coolpix A900 review to find out if this travel photographic camera is worth considering...

The Panasonic Lumix DC-TZ90 is a new travel-zoom compact camera for 2017. The 20-megapixel TZ90 (also known as the Panasonic ZS70) offers a 30x broad-angle zoom lens, flippable three" monitor, 4K video recording, lens control ring, RAW file format, touchscreen control and an electronic viewfinder. Read our in-depth Panasonic TZ90 review at present...

The Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX90V is a new premium travel-zoom camera with a 30x Zeiss Vario-Sonnar T-star zoom lens. The HX90V also features an 18 megapixel CMOS sensor, pop-upwards electronic viewfinder, lens butt control ring, flip-upwardly LCD screen, born wi-fi, NFC and GPS, full 1080p high-definition video with stereo sound, transmission shooting modes, 10fps continuous shooting, ISO range of 80-12800 and fast auto-focusing. Read our Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX90V review to find out if it's the all-time travel-zoom photographic camera on the market...

Review Roundup

Reviews of the Canon PowerShot SX620 HS from around the web.

For those who don't have the latest and greatest smartphones with ultra-advanced photographic camera technology, compact digital cameras like the PowerShot SX620 are a good alternative to your telephone camera when you're on the get. This trivial Canon point-and-shoot is pocket-sized and packs powerful features at an affordable price. We tested one out to come across how this (however-popular) camera has aged a few years after its initial release.
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Specifications

Epitome SENSOR

Blazon

one/2.3 blazon back-illuminated CMOS

Constructive Pixels

Approx. 20.2M ¹

Effective / Full Pixels

Approx. 21.1M

Colour Filter Blazon

Principal Color

IMAGE PROCESSOR

Type

DIGIC 4+ with iSAPS technology

LENS

Focal Length

4.5 – 112.5 mm (35 mm equivalent: 25 – 625 mm)

Zoom

Optical 25x
ZoomPlus 50x
Digital approx. iv.0x (with Digital Tele-Converter approx. 1.6x or ii.0x).
Combined approx. 100x ¹

Maximum f/number

f/3.2 – f/6.6

Construction

13 elements in 10 groups (1 Howdy-UD lens, 2 UD lenses, i double-sided aspherical UA lens, 1 double-sided aspherical lenses, i single-sided aspherical lens)

Image Stabilisation

Yes (lens shift-type), Approx. two.5-finish ¹. Intelligent IS plus 4-axis Enhanced Dynamic IS

FOCUSING

AF System/ Points

AiAF (Confront Detection / nine-indicate), 1-point AF (fixed to centre)

AF Modes

Single, Continuous, Servo AF/AE ¹, Tracking AF

AF Point Pick

Size (Normal, Small)

Closest Focusing Distance

1 cm (Due west) from forepart of lens in Macro

EXPOSURE Control

Metering modes

Evaluative (linked to Confront Detection AF frame), Centre-weighted average, Spot (Centre)

Exposure Compensation

+/- 2 EV in ane/three finish increments.
Enhanced i-Contrast for automatic dynamic range correction

ISO sensitivity

AUTO, lxxx, 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600, 3200

SHUTTER

Speed

1 – 1/2000 s (manufacturing plant default)
xv – i/2000 due south (total range – varies by shooting manner)

WHITE Remainder

Settings

Machine (including Face Detection WB), Daylight, Cloudy, Tungsten, Fluorescent, Fluorescent H, Custom.

LCD MONITOR

Monitor

7.five cm (3.0") LCD (TFT), approx. 922,000 dots, sRGB colour reproduction

Brightness

Adjustable to ane of five levels. Quick-bright LCD

Flash

Modes

Machine, Manual Flash On / Off, Slow Synchro

Irksome Sync Speed

Fastest speed ane/2000 s

Flash Exposure Compensation

Face Detection FE, Smart Wink Exposure

Built-in Flash Range

50 cm – iv.0 thousand (West) / 1.0 g – 2.0 m (T)

External Flash

Canon High Power Flash HF-DC2

SHOOTING

Modes

Hybrid Auto, Creative Shot, SCN (Smart Auto (32 scenes detected), P, Portrait, Smart Shutter (Smile, Wink Self-Timer, FaceSelf-Timer), High-speed Burst (5.0 MP), Handheld Night Scene, Low Light (v.0 MP), Fish-centre Event, Miniature Outcome, Toy Photographic camera Consequence, Monochrome, Super Vivid, Poster Upshot, Fireworks, Long Shutter)

Photo Effects

My Colors (My Colors Off, Brilliant, Neutral, Sepia, Black & White, Positive Film, Lighter Skin Tone, Darker Skin Tone, Vivid Bluish, Vivid Green, Vivid Blood-red, Custom Color)

Drive modes

Single, Continuous, Self-Timer

Continuous Shooting

Approx. 2.five shots/s
High-speed Burst (five.0 MP): Approx. vii.ane shots/s (all speeds are until memory carte du jour becomes total) ¹²

RECORDING PIXELS / Compression

Prototype Size

4:three - (Fifty) 5184 ten 3888, (M1) 3648 x 2736, (M2) 2048 ten 1536, (G) 2592 x 1944, (South) 640 x 480 ¹
16:ix - (L) 5184 x 2912, (M1) 3648 10 2048, (M2) 1920 x 1080, (South) 640 ten 360
3:2 - (L) 5184 x 3456, (M1) 3648 x 2432, (M2) 2048 x 1368, (S) 640 x 424
ane:1 - (L) 3888 x 3888, (M1) 2736 10 2736, (M2) 1536 10 1536, (S) 480 x 480
Resize option bachelor in playback

Compression

Superfine, Fine

Movies

(Full HD) 1920 x 1080, 29.97 fps, (HD) 1280 x 720, 29.97 fps, (L) 640 x 480, 29.97 fps

Picture show Length

(Full Hard disk & HD) Upwards to 4 GB or 29 min 59 s ¹
(L) Up to 4 GB or 1 hour ²

FILE TYPES

All the same Paradigm Type

JPEG pinch, (Exif two.3 [Exif Print] compliant) / Pattern dominion for Camera File organization, Digital Print Lodge Format [DPOF] Version 1.i compliant

Movies

MP4 [Video: MPEG4-AVC / H.264, Audio: MPEG4 AAC-LC (monaural)]

DIRECT Print

Canon Printers

Canon SELPHY Compact Photograph Printers and Canon Inkjet Printers supporting PictBridge

PictBridge

Yes (via USB or Wireless LAN)

OTHER FEATURES

GPS

GPS via Mobile (via Canon Camera Connect app with compatible smart devices)

Red-Eye Correction

Yep, during shooting and playback

Intelligent Orientation Sensor

Yeah, with Auto Rotate

Histogram

Yes, during playback

Playback zoom

Approx. 2x – 10x

Cocky Timer

Approx. 2, ten due south or Custom

Menu Languages

English, German, French, Dutch, Danish, Finnish, Italian, Greek, Norwegian, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Spanish, Ukrainian, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Turkish, Simplified Chinese, Chinese (traditional), Japanese, Korean, Thai, Arabic, Romanian, Farsi, Hindi, Malay, Indonesian, Vietnamese, Hebrew

INTERFACE

Computer

Hi-Speed USB defended connector (Micro-B compatible)

Other

HDMI Micro (Blazon-D) Connector

Computer/Other

Wi-Fi (IEEE802.11b/g/n), (two.4 GHz only), with Dynamic NFC back up ¹

MEMORY Menu

SUPPORTED OPERATING SYSTEM

PC & Macintosh

Windows 10 / 8.1 / 8 / 7 SP1 ¹
Mac OS 10 10.9 / ten.ten / 10.11
For Wi-Fi connexion to a PC:
Windows 10 / viii.1 / 8 / 7 SP1
Mac Os X 10.9 / 10.10
For Image Transfer Utility:
Windows 10 / 8.1 / viii / 7 SP1
Mac OS X ten.9 / 10.10 / x.xi

SOFTWARE

Other

CameraWindow DC
Map Utility
Image Transfer Utility
Camera Connect app bachelor on iOS and Android devices

Power SOURCE

Batteries

Rechargeable Li-ion Bombardment NB-13L (bombardment and charger supplied)

Battery life

Approx. 295 shots
Eco Mode: Approx. 405 shots
Playback Mode: Approx. 360 min

ACCESSORIES

Cases / Straps

Soft Case DCC-1500
Travel Case DCC-2400
Travel Case DCC-2500
PowerShot Accessory Organizer

Wink

Loftier Ability Flash HF-DC2

Power Supply & Bombardment Chargers

Battery Charger CB-2LHE
Rechargeable Li-ion Battery NB-13L

Other

Interface cable IFC-600PCU

Concrete SPECIFICATIONS

Operating Environment

0 – 40 °C, 10 – 90% humidity

Dimensions (WxHxD)

96.nine x 56.9 x 27.ix mm

Weight

Approx. 182 yard (including battery and memory card)

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